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Pixi (sound: pí xiū), pronounced as "pi xiu" in Cantonese. According to legend, brave is a fierce beast, and this beast is divided into female and male, male name "Pi", female name "brave". In the south, people generally like to call this beast as "brave", while in the north is still called "Paixie".

Pixi is to eat the wealth, eat the four sides of the wealth, the Chinese tradition is the custom of "Pixi", and the same as the dragon and lion, will be the place to drive away the evil, to bring joy and good luck role.

Pixi role

Pixi and Kirin is different, Pixi is a fierce beast, and the protection of the main heart strong. It has the function of suppressing the house and warding off evil spirits.

The role of braves in feng shui, can be divided into the following points:

One, there is the role of suppressing evil. Will have opened the light of braves placed in the home, can make the home run well, good luck to strengthen, drive away the evil, have the effect of suppressing the house, become the guardian of the home, to protect the peace of the family.

Second, there is a tendency to wealth and prosperity role. In addition to the help of partial wealth, on the positive wealth is also helpful, so the businessman is also appropriate to put brave in the company or home.

Three, there is a role in resolving the five yellow big brake is used to resolve the brake to suppress the house and prosperity, especially in the financial aspects, brave is a more obvious role .

Legend

Pixi, also known as Tianlu, evil. Is an ancient Chinese myths and legends of a sacred beast, dragon head, horse body, Lin feet, shaped like a lion, gray fur, will fly. Pixi fierce and mighty, it is responsible for the patrol work in the sky, to stop the demons and ghosts, plague and disease disturbing the heavenly court. In ancient times, people often also use brave to as the army called. It has a mouth without anus, can swallow all things and never diarrhea, can attract wealth and treasure, only in and out, the magical powers of the special. Now many Chinese people wear brave jade products because of this.

The Book of Han, "Western Biography", there is a record: "Ugo Mountain away from the state of peach plucked, lions, urine cow". Meng Kang note: "Peach pluck, a day Fu pluck, like a deer tail long, one-horned known as the deer, two-horned known as Paixie." Paixie is brave.

But after the dynastic transformation, the brave form is more unified, such as short wings, double horns, curly tail, mane and whiskers are often connected with the forehead or backbone, protruding eyes, long fangs. To now commonly seen braves are mostly one-horned, long tail. General manufacture of brave statue of the material has three categories:

A, metal - generally to copper to manufacture, because this kind of metal is relatively cheap, and polished color close to gold.

Second, wood - some old houses will use the quality of solid wood carved braves, and then placed on the beams, used to block the brake.

Three, porcelain - to different kinds of jade to manufacture.

Different substances made of bravery statues, can be placed in the feng shui of the auspicious position, many geographers believe that there is a role in catalyzing wealth, and in the eight different directions, generally placed in the copper made of bravery, catalytic power will be very strong. In fact, brave for positive or partial wealth will be beneficial, so brave like in recent years there are signs of popularity; however, the use of brave to promote wealth, always with a little religious color, so in the XuanKongDaGua positive god of the day when the god or the bird rabbit sun auspicious time, open the brave to promote the power of the strongest, regardless of the work belongs to the positive line or biased line of work. But there is a point to note, the treacherous people, Pixiu may not have the power to catalyze wealth, this is the characteristics of the spirit animal, and Pixiu and jade to catalyze the strongest power of wealth.

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It is said that the brave is the Dragon King's ninth prince, its staple food is even gold, silver and jewelry, naturally, covered with treasure, and other auspicious beasts such as three-legged toad compared to the head of the more, so the Jade Emperor and the Dragon King's favor, however, eat more will always have diarrhea, so one day may not be able to help but drowning anywhere, causing the Jade Emperor angry, a slap! Down, the results hit the buttocks, butthole was sealed up, from now on, the gold and silver jewelry can only come in can not come out, after this story spread, Pixi is regarded as the auspicious beast of fortune and treasure.

Pixi also has a male and female points, folklore says the male brave on behalf of the fortune, while the mother of the brave on behalf of the treasury, there is a treasury to have library to keep, so the collection of most of the brave collection of a pair, to be able to really attract wealth and treasure. But if you want to wear on the body, or a good, in order to avoid fighting, the above are legends, we refer to good !

Pixi's habits are lazy like sleeping, every day the best take him up to touch, play, as if to wake him up, wealth will follow.

Another brave use of the brave is placed in the case of brave ornaments, if you can drive away bad men, to avoid unnecessary harassment.

According to ancient books, bravery is a beast, one of the five ancient beasts (dragon, phoenix, tortoise, unicorn), known as the beast of fortune. Pixi was once the totem of two ancient clans. Legend has it that it helped the two emperors of the Yellow Emperor in battle, and was given the title of " Heavenly Luk Beast " that is, the meaning of heavenly blessings and fortune. It is designed for the emperor to guard the treasure, is also a symbol of the royal family, known as the "emperor treasure". And because of the brave special food beasts and evil spirits, it is also known as "辟邪" Ancient Chinese feng shui scholars believe that the brave is to turn the disaster into auspicious beasts of good fortune.

Pixi has twenty-six shapes, seventy-seven forty-nine incarnations, its mouth, abdomen, no anus, only eat not pull, symbolizing the eight sides of the wealth, only in and out, at the same time, can suppress the house to ward off evil spirits, dedicated to the master of the gathering of wealth and power.

Ancient sages believe that life is doomed, but the course can be changed, so the folk have " a touch of Pixi luck prosperous, and then touch Pixi fortune rolling, three touch Pixi Pingbuyun" the good wishes.

Dragon's nine sons

Dragon in its image formation process, had the sea of the collection of a variety of strange beast image. Later, these strange beasts in the development of the image of the dragon at the same time combined one of the characteristics of the dragon, the formation of the dragon's nine sons of different sayings. But the nine sons of the dragon for what, in fact, who ranked the oldest who ranked the second, and there is no exact record. Folk also have a variety of sayings, not the same.

It is said that once Ming Xiaozong Zhu Yougong had a whim, asked Li Dongyang, known for his erudition of the Ministry of Rites: "I heard that the dragon has nine sons, nine sons of what is the name?" Li Dongyang actually can not answer, after retreating from the court, put together, pulled out a list. According to Li Dongyang's list, the nine sons of the dragon are: Paddy Pit, Mocking Wind, Jairus, Gui Tuo, Shu Tu, Chi-chi, Pu Jung, Mythical Geibeast and Prisoner Bull. However, the sons of the dragon in folklore are much more than these. Quodid, Pixi, Taotie and so on are all said to be the sons of the dragon. In fact, the so-called dragon has nine sons, not the dragon happened to have nine sons. Ancient Chinese traditional culture, often to nine to indicate that very much, and has the supreme status. Nine is an imaginary number and a noble number, so it is used to describe the dragon's son. If one had to choose nine sons, one should also choose the nine of them that had the greatest influence in the folklore. Li Dongyang was also in a hurry to deliver, and the list he proposed was not representative.

One of the most influential stories about the "Nine Sons of the Dragon" is that:

The first son was a prisoner of the ox, who was fond of music and stood on the head of the qin. Some valuable huqin still have the image of a dragon's head engraved on their heads, which is called "dragon's head huqin".

The second son, Jairus, looks like a jackal with dragon horns, staring angrily, with his horns pressed back against his back. Jairus is a man who loves to kill and fight, and is carved on weapons such as sword rings and hilts, or on ceremonial weapons to deter people from fighting.

Third son of the mocking wind, look like a dog, life is dangerous, today's corner of the temple beasts are its remains. These beasts arranged in a single line, standing in the front of the ridge, the leader of the beasts is a bird riding "immortal", followed by: dragon, phoenix, lion, Pegasus, seahorses, mythical beasts, fish, Xiezhi, bullfighting, and rows of Shi. They are placed in a strict hierarchy, only the Palace of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Hall of Supreme Harmony can be all ten kinds of, secondary halls are to be reduced accordingly. Mocking the wind, not only symbolizes good luck, beauty and majesty, but also has the meaning of deterring demons, clearing the calamity.

The fourth son, Pu Juan, shaped like a dragon but smaller than a dragon, loved music and chirping, carved on the bell knob. It is said that Pu Juan lived by the sea and was usually most afraid of whales. Whenever he was attacked by whales, Pu Juan screamed. So, people put his image on the bell and carved the long wood that hit the bell into the shape of a whale to hit the bell with it for its loud and bright sound.

The five mythical beasts (suān ní) are also known as Geibei (金猊) and Lingibei (灵猊). Mythical Geibi is originally an alias for lion, so it is shaped like a lion, likes to smoke and sits well, leaning on the foot of the incense burner, which was introduced to China with Buddhism. Since Buddha Shakyamuni had the metaphor of a "fearless lion", it was logical to arrange the animal as a seat for the Buddha or carve it into an incense burner so that it could enjoy the incense in style. In addition, the mythical animal is the mount of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Mercy, and there is a temple dedicated to the animal on Wutai Mountain, the Bodhisattva's homeland. Since the mythical beast is the fifth son of the dragon, the temple is called the Temple of the Five Masters, which is quite influential in the region. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the dragon decorations in the center of the neck collar of the stone or bronze lions are also images of mythical geibeys, which make the traditional Chinese door lions guarding the gates more open and powerful.

Sixth Son Bi Xi bìxì, also known as Ba Xi, looks like a tortoise and likes to carry heavy loads. It is said that in the ancient times, it used to carry three mountains and five hills on its back to make waves. Later, it was subdued by Xia Yu, for whom it made a lot of achievements. After the success of the water treatment, Xia Yu took its achievements and let it carry them on its own back. Therefore, most of the stone monuments in China are carried by it. The Basha is very similar to the tortoise, but on closer inspection there are differences. The Basha has a row of teeth, while the tortoise does not, and the Basha and the tortoise also differ in the number and shape of the armor on the dorsal plate. The Basha, also known as the stone turtle, is a symbol of longevity and good fortune. It always strains to hold its head forward, its four feet desperately holding on, struggling to move forward, but always unable to move away.

Seven sons quodid (bì'àn), also known as the Charter, looks like a tiger, powerful, good prison lawsuit, people will be engraved and cast in the prison door, so the folk have a tiger's head jail. It is also rumored that it presides over justice, right and wrong, so it is also placed in the Yamen lobby two and officials on patrol to avoid the top of the card to maintain the solemn atmosphere of the public hall.

The eight sons of Xi Tuoi (xì), with the body of a dragon, are coiled around the head or both sides of the monument.

The last son, chi dragons (chī), also known as scops owls or owls (chī), fish-shaped dragons (some say they look like lizards with cut tails), like to look around, so they are situated at the two ends of the ridge of the temple. In Buddhist scriptures, chi dragon is the rain god under the seat of the thing, able to extinguish the fire. So it is placed in the ridge at both ends of the roof also has the effect of fire extinguishing.

It can be found that in this statement, the eldest son, Prisoner Bull and the fourth son, Pu Jung, are both fond of music, the third son, Mocking Fung, and the third son, Chi-ni, are located on the roof, and the sixth son, Gui Tuoi, and the eighth son, Negative Tuoi, are both surrounded by the stone tablets, which makes them repetitive. It would be better if we take one out of two of them and add some other common sayings:

Taotie (tāotiè), which looks like a wolf and is voracious for food, is located on the bronzes and is now called taotie motif. Because it can also drink water, so the ancient times also carved in the middle of the outside of the bridge, to prevent the bridge from flooding. According to folklore, this monster is insatiable, eat all you can eat, and finally ate his body, and finally ate only a head, so fell a "head without a body" reputation.

The pit vipers, also known as centipede vipers, look like a fish is not a fish, good water, beautiful body, decorated in the top of the stone bridge railing.

Pepper Figure, like a screw clam, good closed mouth, gentle nature, a little autistic, aversion to others into its lair, so people often carve its image in the door on the head of the store, or carved on the door.

Pixi, in the South and Southeast Asia are said to be the ninth son of the dragon, big mouth without anus, only in and out, deep for gamblers like. Macau casinos will be set up a jade braves, meaning that the mouth is big to eat four sides, only to earn not lose.

"No son of a tiger", the dragon so magical, can swallow clouds and spit, the wind and waves, become the idol of the Chinese people for thousands of years, its son is naturally not an idler. Dragons also have daughters, but not so famous, "Springtime Piggy" in the heroine is the little dragon lady. Dragon's children are strange, which is quite similar to the children of Zeus in Greek mythology. However, Europeans are more open-minded than the Chinese after all, in their mythology, Zeus is the god of the sky and even promiscuous typical, a moment into the horse a moment into the bull to molest women, our country's dragon is a rule, at best, also come to a "two dragons playing with pearls". In the eyes of the Chinese people, the dragon is a symbol of authority and dignity, we say we are the "children of the Yellow Emperor", but also say they are the "descendants of the dragon".

Also, bravery is an alias for pandas in ancient China.